** Shares of nickel sulphide explorer Nordic Nickel NNL.AX
rise as much as 36% to A$0.340 on market debut
** Shares open trading at A$0.310
** Co raises A$12 mln ($8.60 mln) in an initial public
offering (IPO) at A$0.25 per share urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASX1lXqpw
** Says IPO puts co in strong position to start exploration
across its portfolio of prospective nickel sulphide assets in
Finland's Central Lapland Greenstone Belt
** More than 4.2 mln shares trade hands
($1 = 1.3953 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Himanshi Akhand in Bengaluru)
((Himanshi.Akhand@thomsonreuters.com;))